Competitions · China

Guangdong Open 2021

Guangzhou, Guangdong · 1 May 2021 · 17 events · 336 competitors · 356 personal bests

Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) won two of the 17 events (2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Shangtong Fu (傅上桐) by 0.02 seconds. 336 competitors produced 356 personal bests, 194 of which still stand today, and 60 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Yunhao Lou (娄云皓) set the Clock single world record: 3.22.

Two wins

Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) — 2×2, 3×3 one-handed

0.02s

closest final — Skewb, Shangtong Fu (傅上桐) over Qijun Miao (缪其隽)

356

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)	5.99	6.28
2×2	Ruihang Xu (许瑞航)	1.25	1.54
4×4	Junliang Huang (黄骏亮)	26.34	29.26
5×5	Junliang Huang (黄骏亮)	46.07	52.35
6×6	Zixuan Liu (刘子瑄)	1:38.63	1:41.54
7×7	Zixuan Liu (刘子瑄)	2:18.02	2:23.78
3×3 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	17.55	18.71
3×3 Fewest Moves	Peiyan Li (利沛焰)	25 moves	30.33
3×3 one-handed	Ruihang Xu (许瑞航)	10.33	11.31
Clock	Yunhao Lou (娄云皓)	2.87	4.39
Megaminx	Ziyu Wu (吴子钰)	29.85	34.21
Pyraminx	Jiazhou Li (李佳洲)	1.70	2.28
Skewb	Shangtong Fu (傅上桐)	2.78	3.15
Square-1	Jiazhou Li (李佳洲)	6.76	7.62
4×4 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	1:19.07	1:20.08
5×5 blindfolded	Sora Wenjie Xu (徐文杰)	6:41.05	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Yucheng Chen (陈裕铖)	37 of 49 cubes · 1:00:02	—

The PB harvest

356 set · 194 still standing

Yunhao Lou (娄云皓) — Clock single 2.87: into the top 0.59% of the event's history.
Kailong Li (李开隆) — 3×3 single 6.55: into the top 0.9% of the event's history.
Hanyu Liu (刘函宇) — 3×3 single 6.62: into the top 0.96% of the event's history.
Sirun Wu (吴思润) — 2×2 single 1.30: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Zekang Xia (夏泽康) — 2×2 single 1.77: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Xinhe Liu (刘心赫) — 2×2 single 1.84: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Haochang Zhang (张皓昶) — 2×2 single 1.99: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Zhaohong Huang (黄兆鸿) — 2×2 single 2.03: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

60 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,438 people who made their debut in 2021. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

336 competitors · 1619 results · 17 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) won it with a 6.28 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

1R' L2 D2 L2 U' L D' R D' R2 U2 L2 B2 U L2 B' L' F'
2L2 B2 D F' U' F' L' U2 B2 L B2 D2 F2 D2 L2 B2 L D2
3R B R' L U D2 F' L F B' R2 F' U2 F' D2 L2 F L2
4F' U R2 B2 U' R2 F2 U' L2 D F2 U' L' D F L' R B' F R2
5R' B' U2 R2 B2 U F2 U' L2 B2 R U L2 B D U B2 D'

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

336 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.